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AffinityImmuno, UWO To Test Compound
Charlottetown-based life sciences company AffinityImmuno Inc. is teaming up with the University of Western Ontario to conduct animal tests on a compound they believe can battle COVID-related viruses.
Founded by the husband-and-wife team of Jonathan
Venn Wins TECNA Award
Moncton startup hub Venn Innovation has been honoured by the Technology Councils of North America as part of their third annual TECNA Innovation Awards, winning the Innovative Member & Client Services award for its Venn Garage incubator.
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Scale Up Atlantic Canada: Cohort 2
The University of New Brunswick has named the nine Atlantic Canadian companies going through the second cohort of Scale Up Atlantic Canada, which helps companies accelerate their revenue growth.
In 2018, the university’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for
EY Entrepreneur of the Year Winners
EY Canada has named seven winners in the Atlantic division of the 2021 Entrepreneur of the Year competition.
The global consultancy this week revealed the winners for all Canadian regions, including the Atlantic winners. These regional winners will
Eyeread Focuses on Edtech Platform
Having sold its Squiggle Park online reading game, Halifax-based edtech company Eyeread is planning to focus on developing a platform that can be used to deliver educational content, including games, to students.
Bellevue, Wash.-based DreamBox
Propel Unveils Vision and Validation
Online startup accelerator Propel has announced the 16 companies participating in its Vision and Validation program, which is its new training program for the founders of very early stage companies.
Six of the companies are from New Brunswick, five
Kraken Robotics Buys PanGeo
St. John's-based Kraken Robotics said Wednesday it has inked a deal to raise $10 million by selling shares to a consortium of underwriters led by investment bank Canaccord Genuity Corp. It will also buy another Newfoundland and Labrador company,
NovaResp Readies QEII Trial
Halifax-based respiratory therapy startup NovaResp has received Health Canada approval to conduct an “interventional study” at the city’s Queen Elizabeth II hospital, testing its sleep apnea treatment on 25 patients with the condition.
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Coloursmith Labs Raises $2M
Halifax’s Coloursmith Labs, which is developing advanced optical filters for contact lenses and eyeglasses, has closed a $2 million equity round, led by the female-focused investment fund, Sandpiper Ventures.
Sandpiper on Tuesday issued a press
Genesis Launches Intermediate Accelerator
St. John’s-based startup hub Genesis has launched a new, intermediate-level accelerator to fill a gap between its Evolution program for early-stage companies and its Enterprise program for more advanced startups.
Dubbed Evolution+, the new
3D BioFibR Preps Collagen Product
You really get an idea of how cool 3D BioFibR is when CEO Kevin Sullivan starts talking about bulletproof T-shirts.
Halifax-based 3D BioFibR aims to produce commercial quantities of nature’s “strongest, lightest and toughest” materials. The company
GSTS Expands Testing Consortium
Dartmouth-based Global Spatial Technology Systems, which is developing cloud software for analyzing and predicting the movements of ships, has added three new members to its OCIANA Port Optimization Consortium -- a group of ports and marine industry